Photo of the Day: Fantasies of a Ukrainian Prosecutor General

Yanukovych wasn’t the only wildly corrupt official
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Our photo of the day comes from a Ukrainian website with tons of pictures from the extravagant mansion of former Prosecutor General Viktor Pshonka: Блог Євгена Чубука : Скарби Пшонки - фоторепортаж з будинку кривавого генпрокурора.

Yes, that’s Pshonka in the framed picture.

UPDATE at 2/23/14 5:53:49 pm

Here’s a video walk-through of Pshonka’s digs, proving once again that all the money in the world can’t buy good taste.

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104 comments
1 jaunte  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 5:53:27pm

By gold all good faith has been banished; by gold our rights are abused; the law itself is influenced by gold, and soon there will be an end of every modest restraint.”
— Sextus Propertius

2 nines09  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 5:58:39pm

Looks like a great Republican Candidate. Maybe the GOP goes after Pshonka for 2016?

3 steve_davis  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 6:01:48pm

Are Slavic people just unbelievably kitchy by nature? Every time I see some mansion walkthrough of a Russian oligarch, it’s like walking through a warehouse of crap from the QVC for the Filthy Rich.

4 b.d.  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 6:07:48pm

Stay classy Pshonka

5 Killgore Trout  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 6:08:42pm

re: #3 steve_davis

Are Slavic people just unbelievably kitchy by nature? Every time I see some mansion walkthrough of a Russian oligarch, it’s like walking through a warehouse of crap from the QVC for the Filthy Rich.

Decorators use cannons filled with gold baubles.

6 Dr Lizardo  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 6:09:43pm

re: #3 steve_davis

Are Slavic people just unbelievably kitchy by nature? Every time I see some mansion walkthrough of a Russian oligarch, it’s like walking through a warehouse of crap from the QVC for the Filthy Rich.

When I moved into my ex-wife’s apartment oh so many years ago, I was struck by the staggering volume of kitch. She’s Czech, by the way. In any event, I’ve discovered in my 13 years here in the Czech Republic that kitchyness is sort of a norm here. Naturally, wealthy people can afford a lot of kitch, most of it so ostentatious as to be outright bizarre and tasteless. Czechs love their little knick-knacks. I’ve seen it in Slovakia and Poland as well.

7 StephenMeansMe  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 6:10:02pm

The striking thing to me about all this oligarch kitsch is how cliche it is. Is there a style guide for aspiring autocrats or something?

8 Lidane  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 6:10:39pm

re: #2 nines09

Looks like a great Republican Candidate. Maybe the GOP goes after Pshonka for 2016?

2016 RNC keynote speaker. He can talk all about how he identifies with the common man.

9 Killgore Trout  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 6:11:24pm

Why is Conyers still hanging out with this douche?
Farrakhan: African Americans deserve their own courts

With Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., and Detroit City Council President Brenda Jones sitting behind him, Farrakhan spoke for nearly three hours, reiterating the Nation of Islam’s view that the U.S. is a land headed for destruction because it has disobeyed the word of God.

Farrakhan suggested that African Americans rely on the Quran and Bible to help set up their own legal system that would be more fair to African Americans.
….
Farrakhan railed against Christian pastors who endorse gay marriage, which he said contradicts the teachings of Christianity and Islam.

“God has never sanctioned that kind of behavior,” Farrakhan said.

10 jaunte  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 6:12:28pm

Watching the video. Doodad overload.

11 Pie-onist Overlord  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 6:12:40pm

Naughtius Maximus

12 Decatur Deb  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 6:14:11pm

re: #9 Killgore Trout

Why is Conyers still hanging out with this douche?
Farrakhan: African Americans deserve their own courts

Fred Phelps was overbooked.

13 Charles Johnson  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 6:14:17pm

re: #10 jaunte

Watching the video. Doodad overload.

Sadly addicted to tchotchkes.

14 Charles Johnson  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 6:14:51pm

And weapons.

15 Charles Johnson  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 6:15:28pm

This was probably a guy you didn’t want to fuck with. Despite the tchotchkes.

16 Killgore Trout  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 6:15:56pm

Farrakhan asks President Obama to open up Area 51 to end UFO secrecy

Farrakhan says in ‘good company’ with Henry Ford

Farrakhan says Ford helped improve his employees’ living conditions. Ford also promoted the idea that there was a worldwide Jewish conspiracy through his newspaper the Dearborn Independent.

17 jaunte  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 6:17:07pm


Ukrainian prosecutor or Mexican drug lord?
businessinsider.com

18 b.d.  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 6:18:26pm

Isn’t that the house from Growing up Gotti?

19 Decatur Deb  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 6:18:34pm

re: #17 jaunte

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Ukrainian prosecutor or Mexican drug lord?
businessinsider.com

Been a bad week for both.

20 Shiplord Kirel  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 6:19:05pm

Wow, Yanuk and his henchmen were rolling in loot. Those corrupt RWNJ bloggers were selling out for table scraps. They aren’t just whores, they are cheap whores.

22 b.d.  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 6:20:57pm

re: #19 Decatur Deb

Been a bad week for both.

It’s been a really bad week for gilders.

23 Lidane  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 6:21:18pm

re: #20 Shiplord Kirel

Wow, Yanuk and his henchmen were rolling in loot. Those corrupt RWNJ bloggers were selling out for table scraps. They aren’t just whores, they are cheap whores.

Crack is wack, yo.

24 William Barnett-Lewis  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 6:23:06pm

re: #17 jaunte

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Ukrainian prosecutor or Mexican drug lord?
businessinsider.com

Good grief. Well, now we know the kind of person who buys a gold plated Desert Eagle.

It’s still silly, though.

25 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 6:23:11pm

re: #16 Killgore Trout

Farrakhan asks President Obama to open up Area 51 to end UFO secrecy

Farrakhan says in ‘good company’ with Henry Ford

Well, for black people Henry Ford was good news. He hired black people for the same positions as white people and paid them the same wages. He cared about results, not skin color.

For Jews, Ford was a net minus in most ways, as he was bigoted against them and spread anti-Semitic propaganda, helping to plant perennial seeds of hate. He also looked favorably at Hitler during the 1930’s. The only redeeming factor is a large one, as Henry Ford did resume his company’s helm at the onset of World War II. Ford Motor Co’s vast production of trucks, engines, and other war material played an important role in ending the Third Reich, but that only offsets so much. Henry Ford still did Jews a good deal more harm than good.

26 William Barnett-Lewis  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 6:27:38pm

re: #25 Dark_Falcon

More than a few rumors that he was told, essentially, “shut up & build lots of trucks or the government will own a car company.” He was, at best, a very mixed bag.

Don’t forget Ford’s German branch and that he set up a a line in the Soviet Union for building Model A’s that the NKVD was quite fond of driving.

27 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 6:28:26pm

re: #17 jaunte

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Ukrainian prosecutor or Mexican drug lord?
businessinsider.com


White Kitteh!

Black Kittehs!

Tawney Kitteh!

28 Stanley Sea  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 6:28:40pm

The only thing I noticed that was nice - still over the top but nice - were the floors in these homes. Top of the line craftsmanship.

29 Pie-onist Overlord  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 6:29:09pm

re: #25 Dark_Falcon

Henry Ford still did Jews a good deal more harm than good.

This Jew disagrees.

30 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 6:29:55pm

Wow, total knick-knack (what we call it in the south) overload. I like a few well-placed decorative table pieces (never porcelain and never gilded!) but only if they have some value as unique and fit in, not just having them for the sake of having them. Every one was handpicked over the years and is strategically placed with some thought. And all that gold on everything is just awful—it’s on everything, furniture, curtains, walls, everything.

It looks like a gilded flea market on steroids. Talk about a place that needs some feng shui…

31 Pie-onist Overlord  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 6:32:23pm

Speaking of tacky and cheesy, has anyone been watching the Sochi Closing Ceremonies?

MY EYES.

32 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 6:32:46pm

re: #26 William Barnett-Lewis

More than a few rumors that he was told, essentially, “shut up & build lots of trucks or the government will own a car company.” He was, at best, a very mixed bag.

Don’t forget Ford’s German branch and that he set up a a line in the Soviet Union for building Model A’s that the NKVD was quite fond of driving.

Still, he did apply his considerable talents to production with a great deal of success. The Ford GAA engine was the favored M4 Sherman engine of the US army (as the M4A3), though producing enough of them took time (not mostly Ford’s fault, since aircraft engine production had priority). And even the Soviet Ford line did play its role in helping the Red Army beat back the Nazis.

A mixed bag to be sure, but an interesting one.

33 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 6:33:47pm

re: #29 Pie-onist Overlord

This Jew disagrees.

Explain, please. I respect your views on this and I want to know what you think.

34 CuriousLurker  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 6:34:36pm

re: #17 jaunte

They actually sort of remind me of some the clips I’ve seen of of the interiors of a few of the homes of the Real Housewives of New Jersey.

It’s got a really weird baroque/rococo vibe that’s sorta like Louis XIV-meets-Crassus-meets-one-of-the-Medici-Popes and they each take a few hits of acid and decide to start decorating. O_o

35 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 6:36:00pm

That’s $15,774.55 for 7 tablecloths.

36 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 6:36:46pm

re: #24 William Barnett-Lewis

Good grief. Well, now we know the kind of person who buys a gold plated Desert Eagle.

It’s still silly, though.

The guy even had gold-plated magazine claps, used to hold two AK mags together to speed reloading. Unlike the late and unlamented Uday Hussein, ‘Shorty’s guns appeared to have been unfired.

37 Pie-onist Overlord  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 6:37:14pm

re: #33 Dark_Falcon

Explain, please. I respect your views on this and I want to know what you think.

1. I CAN HAZ JOB.
2. Henry II carried on business with Israel at a time when GM & Chrysler obeyed the Arab League boycott.
3. I CAN HAZ JOB.

38 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 6:39:07pm

So—Pshonka and family are in Vienna…why is Austria allowing these thieves into their country?

39 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 6:39:29pm

re: #37 Pie-onist Overlord

1. I CAN HAZ JOB.
2. Henry II carried on business with Israel at a time that GM & Chrysler obeyed the Arab League boycott.
3. I CAN HAZ JOB.

Understood. It may be better said that the younger Henry Ford redeemed his family’s company in continuing to trade with Israel. As for points 1 and 3, they cannot be argued with.

40 Pie-onist Overlord  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 6:43:18pm

re: #38 Justanotherhuman

So—Pshonka and family are in Vienna…why is Austria allowing these thieves into their country?

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AUSTRIANS CAN HAZ BRIBEZ.

41 chadu  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 6:43:32pm

He didn’t have a tiny kissing giraffe.

42 chadu  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 6:47:55pm

O/T

Watched the 2009 Wonder Woman animated movie last night; pretty spiffy.

Keri Russell as Diana, Nathan Fillion as Steve Trevor, Alfred Molina as Ares, and Virginia Madsen as Hippolyta.

Interesting note: people and monster were killed. About the only “superheroes” I sort of support in murderizing people are Wonder Woman, Captain America, and maybe Aquaman.

43 goddamnedfrank  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 6:50:33pm

Consider that most of these oligarchs grew up very poor, and their parents were probably devastatingly poor. Then they suddenly acquire loads of money and power in an anarchic and exceedingly corrupt society. Considering where they were located is it any real wonder that they gravitated towards a mixture of Holy Roman and Byzantine regalia?

44 Stanley Sea  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 6:51:52pm

DF - Ah Fiona.

45 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 6:53:34pm

re: #44 Stanley Sea

DF - Ah Fiona.

I’m priming minis right now, so I have to leave the door open. Which means I can’t watch Shameless at the moment.

46 CuriousLurker  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 6:56:30pm

re: #34 CuriousLurker

ZOMG, wait—I know who this stuff reminds me of—Liberaceeee!!

I mean gilded swan faucets for the marble bathtub and the whole nine yards. Wasn’t he half Polish and half Italian or something? That would explain the similarities to the Real Housewives & Ukrainians, heh.

47 Kid A  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 6:58:17pm

#checkmate?

48 Decatur Deb  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 6:59:53pm

re: #43 goddamnedfrank

Consider that most of these oligarchs grew up very poor, and their parents were probably devastatingly poor. Then they suddenly acquire loads of money and power in an anarchic and exceedingly corrupt society. Considering where they were located is it any real wonder that they gravitated towards a mixture of Holy Roman and Byzantine regalia?

The accoutrements of the Romanovs and the Orthodox cathedrals pretty much defined ‘prosperity’ in their part of the world.

49 goddamnedfrank  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 7:03:57pm

It says something very encouraging about Ukrainian society in the aftermath of such an event that instead of rampant looting they’re uploading virtual tours to the internet saying - hey, check this shit out.

50 Killgore Trout  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 7:04:32pm

Some interesting details in this one
As His Fortunes Fell in Ukraine, a President Clung to Illusions

Mr. Yanukovych, for his part, had begun discussions with the European mediators. According to Mr. Sikorski, the Polish foreign minister, the president was digging in his heels, telling the French, German and Polish diplomats that he was not to blame for the crisis and refusing even to consider setting a date for an early election.

Mr. Sikorski said he told Mr. Yanukovych that the only way to sell a deal to the opposition was to specify when a new presidential election would be held. “You need to declare on what date you’ll resign,” he said he told the president.

Mr. Yanukovych “went white,” Mr. Sikorski said. But the deadlock lifted after the Ukrainian leader received a phone call shortly afterward from President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia. “He came back, he was agreeing to limit his time in office,” Mr. Sikorski said. “That made everything possible.”

He was prepared to stay in his house until he noticed all his guards left….

By late Friday afternoon, Mr. Yanukovych’s time had run out. Between the signing ceremony for the peace deal, held at the vast, colonnaded building that houses Ukraine’s presidential administration, and his break for Olympic cheerleading, the president’s prospects had taken a dramatic turn for the worse: Hundreds of riot police officers guarding the presidential compound and nearby government buildings had vanished.

“It was astonishing,” said Mr. Sikorski, who, while leaving the presidential building, watched in dismay as the police officers jumped into buses and drove off. “That was not part of the deal. Astonishing.”

51 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 7:06:47pm

re: #50 Killgore Trout

Some interesting details in this one
As His Fortunes Fell in Ukraine, a President Clung to Illusions

He was prepared to stay in his house until he noticed all his guards left….

Sounds like perfect material for a Downfall parody.

52 Decatur Deb  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 7:07:18pm

The Amber Room

Image: 1103a.jpg

angelfire.com

53 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 7:07:40pm

Speaking of rich…

Rinat Akhmetav, Ukraine’s richest man, is said to have paid $136M + change for 2 flats comprising a 3 story penthouse, and said he would spent about $60M upfitting it. Obviously, it cost a bit more than the $196M, up to $225M by some accounts. One article said some of the windows in the bldg were bullet-proof.

Meet The Billionaire Foreigners Who Live In The World’s Most Expensive Apartment Building

Read more: businessinsider.com

54 CuriousLurker  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 7:08:03pm

re: #48 Decatur Deb

You might be onto something with the churches there—lots of bling. My grandma and many other Mexican American women I knew weren’t wealthy, but most were devout Catholics and they adored colorful, shiny tchotchkes.

There was this company called Home Interiors (I think it’s still around… yep) and they sold the most god-awful stuff. Plastic painted to look gilded, y’know? Anyway, they’d have parties similar to Tupperware parties and grandma & the other ladies just adored that stuff. *gag, shudder*

55 Killgore Trout  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 7:08:40pm

How many times in history has this happened? Dictator/strongman leader looks out the window, “hey, where did the guards go?”…..”oh shit”

56 Killgore Trout  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 7:09:50pm

re: #51 Dark_Falcon

Sounds like perfect material for a Downfall parody.

I always wonder why these guys never get out in time. It would be really easy to get out but they all wait just a little too long.

57 goddamnedfrank  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 7:11:01pm

re: #56 Killgore Trout

I always wonder why these guys never get out in time. It would be really easy to get out but they all wait just a little too long.

It takes time to individually bubble wrap a thousand Fabergé eggs.

58 Stanley Sea  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 7:16:24pm

re: #49 goddamnedfrank

It says something very encouraging about Ukrainian society in the aftermath of such an event that instead of rampant looting they’re uploading virtual tours to the internet saying - hey, check this shit out.

A huge statement.

59 Stanley Sea  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 7:16:57pm

re: #49 goddamnedfrank

It says something very encouraging about Ukrainian society in the aftermath of such an event that instead of rampant looting they’re uploading virtual tours to the internet saying - hey, check this shit out.

Kids! Let’s go to the zoo!!!

(that was one of the best photos)

60 Killgore Trout  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 7:17:05pm

re: #57 goddamnedfrank

It takes time to individually bubble wrap a thousand Fabergé eggs.

It has to be a real tough decision to take the eggs or destroy the documents.

61 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 7:17:27pm

A protest by rich people that does not merit calling in the WAAAMbulance:

‘Don’t let a child ruin what we have worked for!’ Wealthy neighbors plan PROTEST to stop Justin Bieber moving into $11million mansion in their quiet Atlanta suburb

It seems some wealthy Atlantans aren’t keen on the prospect of a drag-racing, egg-throwing Canadian teenager for a neighbor.

Residents of the well-to-do Buckhead neighborhood are planning to stage a protest outside the Blackland Road property the pop star has his eye on.

Given Bieber’s prior egg-throwing antics at his Calabasas residence, which are now under investigation by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office, the residents’ wariness is understandable.

The event is set for Monday and so far 136 people have committed to the 6am event.

‘As a community here in Buckhead, we have worked hard to achieve our goals and get to where we are. Justin Bieber’s relocation to Atlanta can be nothing but bad for our children, as well as the community,’ reads a statement on the Facebook page.

‘Some can’t even let their children play in the driveway without fear; he has raced vehicles under the influence before. What’s to say he won’t do it again?’

62 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 7:17:53pm

re: #60 Killgore Trout

It has to be a real tough decision to take the eggs or destroy the documents.

Documents are evidence. Eggs aren’t.

63 Pie-onist Overlord  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 7:19:21pm

I read a novel about The Amber Room and what the author imagined might have happened to it.

Can’t recall the name of the author.

64 PhillyPretzel  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 7:21:33pm

re: #63 Pie-onist Overlord

I do not know the author’s name either but here is a list of books from Amazon that may help. amazon.com

65 Decatur Deb  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 7:22:38pm

re: #61 Dark_Falcon

A protest by rich people that does >not merit calling in the WAAAMbulance:

‘Don’t let a child ruin what we have worked for!’ Wealthy neighbors plan PROTEST to stop Justin Bieber moving into $11million mansion in their quiet Atlanta suburb

The effrontery! Mere multimillionaires do not tell a 160 millionaire where to live.

66 Pie-onist Overlord  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 7:22:48pm

The Amber Room by Steve Berry.

I will never read another book by Steve Berry, ever.

Here is my Amazon review of his horrible, horrible book The Columbus Affair.

67 Stanley Sea  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 7:23:21pm

re: #57 goddamnedfrank

It takes time to individually bubble wrap a thousand Fabergé eggs.

As Prairiefire said earlier, several would fit into my purse perfectly.

68 Justanotherhuman  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 7:25:58pm

Reminds me of one of my favorite movies of all time, and the gaudy house he bought, complete with its own disco…

Youtube Video

“I don’t mind losing all the money, it’s losing all the stuff.”

69 Pie-onist Overlord  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 7:26:26pm

Speaking of racist douchebags:

70 goddamnedfrank  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 7:27:04pm

re: #67 Stanley Sea

As Prairiefire said earlier, several would fit into my purse perfectly.

That’s what’s so encouraging, each one of us can put ourselves in that position and be very tempted to loot the place. Yet that doesn’t appear to be happening at all.

I’d probably tie my pantlegs into knots, fill ‘em with loot and walk out buck naked if I had to.

71 Pie-onist Overlord  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 7:27:28pm

re: #65 Decatur Deb

The effrontery! Mere multimillionaires do not tell a 160 millionaire where to live.

Hey, Canada won the Hockey Gold so they get to not keep Bieber. He’s gotta live somewhere!

72 Pie-onist Overlord  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 7:28:52pm

re: #70 goddamnedfrank

That’s what’s so encouraging, each one of us can put ourselves in that position and be very tempted to loot the place. Yet that doesn’t appear to be happening at all.

I’d probably tie my pantlegs into knots, fill ‘em with loot and walk out buck naked if I had to.

Because nobody wants that lame shit. They know they couldn’t get bupkas for it on ebay.

73 Decatur Deb  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 7:30:12pm

re: #72 Pie-onist Overlord

Because nobody wants that lame shit. They know they couldn’t get bupkas for it on ebay.

Did he have an original Zimmerman?

74 BishopX  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 7:31:32pm

re: #72 Pie-onist Overlord

There’s also a single group of protesters who appointed themselves guards.

Small group dynamics keep the guards from looting, respect for the men with sticks probably helps everyone else.

75 Pie-onist Overlord  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 7:31:55pm

re: #73 Decatur Deb

Did he have an original Zimmerman?

He wanted to commission Zimmerman to do a painting of a gold-plated Desert Eagle on a Ukrainian flag background, but Zimmerman turned him down because he thought it was too cheesy and lame.

76 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 7:33:05pm

re: #74 BishopX

There’s also a single group of protesters who appointed themselves guards.

Small group dynamics keep the guards from looting, respect for the men with sticks probably helps everyone else.

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

77 CuriousLurker  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 7:34:12pm

re: #60 Killgore Trout

BTW, since I’ve been collecting links all weekend, here’s one for you—a serious. factual security study on “Black Widows” & other types of female suicide bombers. It’s a bit out of date (2009), but still interesting & relevant, IMO:

What’s Special about Female Suicide Terrorism? (PDF)

This study analyzes the interaction between the motivations of individual attackers and terrorist group strategies. To do so, I combine a quantitative analysis of all known suicide terrorist attacks between 1981 and July 2008 with a strategic account of why terrorist organizations employ female suicide terrorism (FST) and case studies of individual female attackers. I advance five central claims. First, I reveal the superior effectiveness of FST from the perspective of the groups that employ women. Second, I explain that terrorist groups increasingly enlist women as suicide attackers because of their higher effectiveness. Third, I demonstrate that terrorist groups adapt their discourse, catering to the specific individual motives of potential female suicide attackers in order to recruit them. Fourth, I show that female attackers are driven by the same general motives and circumstances that drive men. Furthermore, and in contrast to the existing literature, women attackers uphold, rather than eschew, their societies’ norms for gender behavior. Attempts to transform these societies into gender-neutral polities are therefore destined to increase FST. Finally, I conclude that, unless target states adapt their defensive strategies, we should expect an increase in FST.

And with that, I’m outta here. Later, lizards.

78 Decatur Deb  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 7:34:24pm

re: #76 Dark_Falcon

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

Riot Cleric

Image: lnpLuzx.jpg

79 Stanley Sea  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 7:35:04pm

re: #70 goddamnedfrank

That’s what’s so encouraging, each one of us can put ourselves in that position and be very tempted to loot the place. Yet that doesn’t appear to be happening at all.

I’d probably tie my pantlegs into knots, fill ‘em with loot and walk out buck naked if I had to.

Instead it became a tourist attraction.

80 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 7:36:00pm

re: #78 Decatur Deb

Riot Cleric

Image: lnpLuzx.jpg

What’s his linked spell casting attribute, Wisdom or Intelligence?

/Gamer humor.

81 goddamnedfrank  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 7:36:24pm

re: #61 Dark_Falcon

A protest by rich people that does >not merit calling in the WAAAMbulance:

‘Don’t let a child ruin what we have worked for!’ Wealthy neighbors plan PROTEST to stop Justin Bieber moving into $11million mansion in their quiet Atlanta suburb

I don’t know, it’s pretty fucking whiney. First, the egg throwing, so what, it’s eggs, and Beiber clearly can cover the damages. The DUI is more serious, but I’m guessing more than a couple of the people protesting the kid have driven drunk.

More to the point “ruin what we’ve worked for” is a snooty, entitled, fuckfaced argument. Even if all these rich people worked for everything they own that doesn’t give them the right to control who lives next to them. Your neighbors aren’t always going to be awesome people, you do your best to get along until the law gets broken and the cops need to be called. Unless they’re a convicted child rapist or something picketing them before they move in is a pure dick move.

82 Killgore Trout  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 7:36:30pm

re: #77 CuriousLurker

Interesting. Thanks!

83 dog philosopher  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 7:36:39pm

hanging out with the russian/russian russian/jewish phd crowd, i don’t see a lot of kitsch. more like at least one reproduction of chagall in every household

84 Decatur Deb  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 7:38:48pm

re: #83 dog philosopher

hanging out with the russian/russian russian/jewish phd crowd, i don’t see a lot of kitsch. more like at least one reproduction of chagall in every household

Fiddler on the Roof’s art director made Chagall kitsch.

85 Floral Giraffe  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 7:40:33pm

re: #41 chadu

He didn’t have a tiny kissing giraffe.

[Embedded image]

Poor guy!
*waves to all!*

86 dog philosopher  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 7:41:09pm

re: #84 Decatur Deb

Fiddler on the Roof’s art director made Chagall kitsch.

at this point i have had enough chagall, as well as latvian chocolate, to last me for quite a while

87 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 7:43:16pm

re: #81 goddamnedfrank

You want something to go after, lemme give you this one, you’ll like it even more:

‘I give up’: Melodramatic Alec Baldwin laments his A-list life as he predicts he
will ‘probably’ have to leave New York’ in candid new interview

88 Stanley Sea  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 7:44:34pm

Liverwurst, swiss and club crackers.

It lasted me the weekend and it was excellent.

89 goddamnedfrank  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 7:46:40pm

re: #72 Pie-onist Overlord

Because nobody wants that lame shit. They know they couldn’t get bupkas for it on ebay.

Dude had so many places to stick his weed.

90 PhillyPretzel  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 7:50:51pm

Season 4 of Downton Abbey is over. And there are as many questions as at the end of season 3. Good Night to my fellow Lizards.

91 Floral Giraffe  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 7:55:27pm

re: #88 Stanley Sea

Fresh oysters & lemon tonight! Yummy.
Wonder how far the caviar market is going to fall, with this guy gone?

92 steve_davis  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 7:57:14pm

re: #36 Dark_Falcon

The guy even had gold-plated magazine claps, used to hold two AK mags together to speed reloading. Unlike the late and unlamented Uday Hussein, ‘Shorty’s guns appeared to have been unfired.

in fairness, uday only fired his when the Iraqi national soccer team lost a match. The good news was there was quite a bit of rotation up from the junior clubs.

93 Romantic Heretic  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 7:59:09pm

re: #42 chadu

O/T

Watched the 2009 Wonder Woman animated movie last night; pretty spiffy.

Keri Russell as Diana, Nathan Fillion as Steve Trevor, Alfred Molina as Ares, and Virginia Madsen as Hippolyta.

Interesting note: people and monster were killed. About the only “superheroes” I sort of support in murderizing people are Wonder Woman, Captain America, and maybe Aquaman.

Try The Flashpoint Paradox. You’ll get to see Wonder Woman and Aquaman murder a lot of people, including Lex Luthor, Deathstroke, Lois Lane and Billy Barton.

94 chadu  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 8:00:50pm

re: #52 Decatur Deb

The Amber Room

Image: 1103a.jpg

angelfire.com

Was so gonna post that myself.

I iz jelly.

95 chadu  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 8:02:03pm

re: #55 Killgore Trout

How many times in history has this happened? Dictator/strongman leader looks out the window, “hey, where did the guards go?”…..”oh shit”

They should call that “the Praetorian Guard Rag.”

96 Romantic Heretic  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 8:04:20pm

re: #80 Dark_Falcon

What’s his linked spell casting attribute, Wisdom or Intelligence?

/Gamer humor.

Charisma.

97 chadu  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 8:07:01pm

re: #84 Decatur Deb

Fiddler on the Roof’s art director made Chagall kitsch.

Ah, Marc Chagall.

Damn it all Marc Chagall
We must rely on protocol
I don’t know what I was thinking of
Oh man Paul Gaugin
I try by I can’t understand
What made me fall in Guggenheim love

Read more: Ookla The Mok - Guggenheim Love Lyrics | MetroLyrics

amazon.com

98 chadu  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 8:11:42pm
Ah, Marc Chagall.

The other ones, after Chagall and Gaugin:

Hey hey Claude Monet
I just don’t know what to say
Good grief Georgia O’Keefe
I come to you beyond belief
Oh no Vincent Van Gogh
where did all those Q-Tips go?
Good golly Salvador Dali
ding went the bell and clang went the trolley

99 Interesting Times  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 8:19:23pm

Speaking of “wealth”, who wants some weapons-grade stupid I had to wade through on another forum?

Why would you think the poor would die? With little taxes and no government intervention, prices on everything should drop significantly. They should be able to live pretty well on their salaries.

And no, it’s not a Poe. The person really meant it.

100 majii  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 8:25:25pm

re: #9 Killgore Trout

Not many of us Black Americans pay a lot of attention to Louis Farrakhan because he’s a gasbag like many of the Christian ministers. Why Conyers is hanging out with him is anybody’s guess. I only know that I couldn’t do it because creatures like Farrakhan and the Christians who preach divisiveness and urge their members to hate others get on my last damn nerve. I don’t need them to tell me how to live my life, and I get offended when they try.

101 Stanley Sea  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 8:30:19pm

re: #100 majii

Not many of us Black Americans pay a lot of attention to Louis Farrakhan because he’s a gasbag like many of the Christian ministers. Why Conyers is hanging out with him is anybody’s guess. I only know that I couldn’t do it because creatures like Farrakhan and the Christians who preach divisiveness and urge their members to hate others get on my last damn nerve. I don’t need them to tell me how to live my life, and I get offended when they try.

Farrakan doesn’t mean shit to the majority of Americans. KT just likes to find a way to stir up the thread with old, racist triggers.

Asshole troll.

102 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 8:36:11pm

re: #92 steve_davis

in fairness, uday only fired his when the Iraqi national soccer team lost a match. The good news was there was quite a bit of rotation up from the junior clubs.

Uday practiced with an AK a good bit, although not the gold-plated one.

But the gold-plated AK was used by him one other time, and that was when it fired most of the rounds it has fired. For that was the day in 2003 the 101st Airborne and Delta Force found Uday and Qusay Hussein and tried to arrest them. The sons of Saddam repulsed the arrest attempt (the apartment they had holed up in could only be approached by 1 narrow staircase) and then shooting at the encircling Americans for a couple hours before finally being blown away by 3 TOW ATGMs.

Uday’s gold-plated AKM survived the firefight, The wooden handguard was notably scorched from contact with the hot barrel, and the finish had some notable wear, but the rifle was still fully functional. But the AK was designed from the first to be a durable rifle, so that isn’t much of a surprise.

103 Single-handed sailor  Sun, Feb 23, 2014 10:20:47pm

re: #89 goddamnedfrank

Dude had so many places to stick his weed.

Youtube Video

104 dr. luba  Mon, Feb 24, 2014 11:22:30am

re: #74 BishopX

There’s also a single group of protesters who appointed themselves guards.

Small group dynamics keep the guards from looting, respect for the men with sticks probably helps everyone else.

Perhaps not so much small group dynamics as idealism? When the protesters arrived they immediately set to looking for documents, and going through them. This is a revolutionary movement that didn’t loot—why start now?

There is a video by the women’s brigade up on YouTube, a guided tour through the palace. The woman taking us through tells us how much things cost (the receipts were among the documents they found), and what that money could have gone for (e.g. each gilded chair an extra 1000 UAH each for 400 pensioners). She also shows us empty boxes, guessing at what was in them, and boxes with stuff in them (a solid gold pen). They were documenting everything before letting in the crowds. She also points out a half eaten meal on the dining room table (Yanukovych left in a hurry) and the huge number of bathrooms.

Interesting news today—Mrs. Yanukovych visited the mansion today for the first time. She had never been there before, as apparently Yanukovych had lived there with his much younger GF.


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